Racking the maibock from the primary into the secondary fermentor.
Hop Update: They are Growing!
The Cascade and Nugget hops are doing quite well, as you can see!
Maibock Fermenting
The Hops are Sprouting!
Here’s a couple pictures of my Cascade & Nugget hops, which are just starting to sprout. Baby Cascade hops sprouting. Baby Nugget hops sprouting. The Golding hops have not begun to sprout yet, and I haven’t received the Columbus, Galena, Centennial, and Chinook rhizomes from the supplier yet.
Brew Day – Drunken Lemur Maibock
Getting ready to brew: Here’s the sanitized equipment. Using a maibock kit from Northern Brewer. Stirring the grain bag in the hot wort. Finishing up the boil. Using the wort chiller to cool the wort. Pouring the cooled wort into the carboy. Ready to begin fermentation!
Hop Trellis
Here’s a couple pictures of the two hop trellises I built out of old scrap wood for the seven varieties of hops I plan to grow this year. This is shorter trellis at the front of the garden. This is the taller trellis at the back of the garden. The plan is to attach strings […]
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